Soooo, the sockeye was filleted, the pin bones pulled, cut into "pick me up and eat me" sized chunks, weighed, the correct amount of my salmon mix with cure #1 added, per weight, zip bagged and in the beer fridge for 2 days.... Had to wait for the rain to quit and humidity to lower a bit.....
Got the fish rinsed and dried... on wire racks and on top of the pellet stove with a fan blowing on it.... took about an hour or two for the pellicle to form..... smoker was warmed up and ready.....
In goes the fish.... in goes the slice/cookie of Alder my buddies bring me from the coast.... they actually bring me long logs and I cut the slices.... It takes 2 cookies and about 6 hours till the fish is done.... IT about 138.... It is moist and just the right amount of smoke.... I'm guessing this old smoker has done around 5,000#'s of fish over the 28-30 years...
...Click on pics to enlarge....
... Drying........ ...pellicle formed...... ...perfect pellicle......
... ....
.... in the smoker..... done..... done...... and done and plated.....
... ... ... ...
...The Alder cookie..... The modified Totem Smoker..... It needed a bigger burner to combat the cold temps here in Eastern Washington...
... ... ...
....And IMNSHO.... (in my not so humble opinion)..... The best smoker ever designed and built to smoke fish....
Got the fish rinsed and dried... on wire racks and on top of the pellet stove with a fan blowing on it.... took about an hour or two for the pellicle to form..... smoker was warmed up and ready.....
In goes the fish.... in goes the slice/cookie of Alder my buddies bring me from the coast.... they actually bring me long logs and I cut the slices.... It takes 2 cookies and about 6 hours till the fish is done.... IT about 138.... It is moist and just the right amount of smoke.... I'm guessing this old smoker has done around 5,000#'s of fish over the 28-30 years...
...Click on pics to enlarge....
... Drying........ ...pellicle formed...... ...perfect pellicle......
... ....
.... in the smoker..... done..... done...... and done and plated.....
... ... ... ...
...The Alder cookie..... The modified Totem Smoker..... It needed a bigger burner to combat the cold temps here in Eastern Washington...
... ... ...
....And IMNSHO.... (in my not so humble opinion)..... The best smoker ever designed and built to smoke fish....